The Korea Herald
Publication Date: 26-06-2009
South Korea has confirmed 20 more cases of the new influenza A, including seven people returning from a school trip to the United States, bringing the nation’s total number of flu infections to 162, health authorities said Thursday, according to Yonhap News.

SEOUL, South Korea — Doctors removed life support from a comatose patient Tuesday following a landmark right-to-die court ruling seen as heralding a shift in South Korean attitudes on death.

With three additional cases of the H1N1 virus confirmed Thursday, South Korea’s health officials went on heightened alert for a possible influx of overseas Koreans and foreign students in the coming weeks of the summer vacation.

South Korea’s health authorities confirmed Wednesday five more cases of Influenza A, bringing the number of new flu cases here to 53, according to Yonhap News.

Harmful bacteria in baby formula
SEOUL: South Korean officials said yesterday they have found harmful bacteria in a French baby formula product. The National Veterinary Research and Quarantine Service said it detected a strain called enterobacter sakazaki in a shipment of 135kg of canned organic formula produced by France’s Vitagermine and imported last month.